The Effect of Frequent Cannabis Use on the Main Components of Executive Functioning

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dc.contributor.advisorHenriques, Denise
dc.contributor.authorAl-Bayati, Assel
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-14T16:23:41Z
dc.date.available2022-12-14T16:23:41Z
dc.date.copyright2022-06-15
dc.date.issued2022-12-14
dc.date.updated2022-12-14T16:23:41Z
dc.degree.disciplinePsychology(Functional Area: Brain, Behaviour & Cognitive Sciences
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMA - Master of Arts
dc.description.abstractThe legalization of recreational cannabis use in Canada has raised many questions regarding its immediate and sustained effect on performance of various critical daily tasks (e.g., driving). To investigate the sustained effect, we created an online battery of tasks that assess the main components of executive functioning that are involved in all aspects of daily activities. The performance of healthy, young frequent cannabis users, infrequent users, and non-users was compared. Selective visual attention, response inhibition, visuospatial working memory, and cognitive flexibility and set shifting ability was analyzed. No meaningful differences in performance were found on any of the measures of executive functioning components between frequent users, infrequent users, and non-users. Additionally, secondary analyses in frequent users on the effect of sex, last occasion of cannabis use, age of cannabis-use onset, length of cannabis use (years), and reason for cannabis use (medical or recreational) on executive functioning performance are also reported.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/40638
dc.languageen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectPsychology
dc.subjectCognitive psychology
dc.subjectNeurosciences
dc.subject.keywordsCannabis
dc.subject.keywordsMarijuana
dc.subject.keywordsLong-term cannabis use
dc.subject.keywordsChronic
dc.subject.keywordsAcute
dc.subject.keywordsExecutive functioning
dc.subject.keywordsCognition
dc.subject.keywordsSelective visual attention
dc.subject.keywordsVisual search task
dc.subject.keywordsResponse inhibition
dc.subject.keywordsGo/No-Go task
dc.subject.keywordsVisuospatial working memory
dc.subject.keywordsN-Back task
dc.subject.keywordsCognitive flexibility
dc.subject.keywordsSet shifting ability
dc.subject.keywordsTrail making test
dc.subject.keywordsAge of cannabis-use onset
dc.subject.keywordsLength of cannabis use
dc.subject.keywordsDuration of cannabis use
dc.subject.keywordsMedical cannabis use
dc.subject.keywordsRecreational cannabis use
dc.subject.keywordsSex
dc.titleThe Effect of Frequent Cannabis Use on the Main Components of Executive Functioning
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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